Free Education for Everyone (FEE) Galway have occupied Deputy Brian Walsh’s Constituency office in an action against the raising of student fees and in suport of the public sector strikes in Britain and the North. Click here for the full press release. FEE’s twitter account can be found @feeireland LIVE UPDATES: Final Update:…
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Category Archives: NUI Galway
FEE GALWAY OCCUPATION
This is only the beginning… Free Education for Everyone (FEE) Galway is currently engaged in an occupation of Deputy Brian Walsh’s Constituency Office to bring awareness to the fact that students will not accept any hike in the Registration Fee, any cut to the maintenance grant or any austerity measures aimed to make the most…
Statement of Support with USI Occupations
Today, Tuesday the 29th of November, several officers from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) took part in consecutive occupations of two government buildings, that of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation for 15 minutes, and the Department of Social Protection for a longer period. The Free Education for Everyone (FEE) student campaign…
FEE NUIG lead walkout at Frank Fahey’s ‘public meeting’.
Galway West Fianna Fail T.D Frank Fahey last night held a public meeting in Galway which saw local anti-cuts activists and other campaigners question the T.D in relation to the governments savage cutbacks and austerity agenda. The meeting ended early as a large proportion of the crowd walked out on Fahey, staging a protest outside….
NUIG FEE blockade Anglo-Irish (November 29)
Students staged a protest in sub-zero temperatures outside Anglo Irish Bank in Galway yesterday over the deal agreed by the Government with the IMF and the ECB, writes Lorna Siggins. The group from the Galway branch of the Free Education for Everyone group also attempted to occupy Anglo’s premises, but were prevented by private security….
Irish Times : College to investigate Ahern protest
NUI GALWAY (NUIG) has initiated an internal investigation into protests on campus which led to the abandonment of a public interview with former taoiseach Bertie Ahern on Monday night. The university says it may take disciplinary action against any students involved. Both it and the college’s students’ union have also “strongly condemned” the actions of…
Irish Times : Anti-fees demonstration forces Ahern to abandon public interview
FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern had to abandon a public discussion in NUI Galway (NUIG) last night when he was jostled by students protesting over the planned reintroduction of college fees. Several dozen gardaí were involved in trying to break up the protest, which began at the entrance to the campus shortly before 8pm and continued…
Galway FEE statement about Ahern protest in NUIG
Bertie Ahern was due to speak at the Literary and Debating society of NUI Galway tonight (Monday 2nd Feb). The event was cancelled due to student protest and scuffles with the Gardaí. Free Education for Everyone (FEE) called a protest against Ahern’s visit, applying the slogan ‘they’re trying to block our access to college so we’ll…
FEE activist 'manhandled' by minister at NUI Galway protest
All images by Kevin O’Connor. ************* Kevin O’ Connor from Sin (NUI Galways student paper) has written the following article: Minister for Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs Eamon O’Cuiv was today (December 10th) forced to defend himself against allegations that he attacked a student during a protest last night in NUIG. The incident occurred when…
FEE occupations on National Day of Action
Over 20 students from UCD occupied the office of Paul Gogarty Green Party TD for Dublin Mid-West and Spokesperson on Education in Lucan Village. This is in protest at the increase in college registration fees to €1500 per year and the possible full re-introduction of fees.